Garment



Feb. 6, 1934. s. MILLER ET AL GARMENT Filed June l5 19.31

Patented Feb. 6, 1934 GARMENT Samuel I. Miller and Martin Borisk, Houston, Tex.

Application June 13, 1931.

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a garment and has particular relation to a pocket construction.

An object of the invention is to provide, in a garment, a novel type of reinforcement for the 5 pocket.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pocket for trousers, particularly work trousers, overalls, and the like, which. is strongly reinforced around the pocket mouth, or opening, and

the material of which is also extended upwardly and secured to the garment above the pocket, preferably to the waistband so as to form a firm support for the pocket itself.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pocket whose margins are folded and secured together in a novel manner.

A further object is to provide a pocket which will not readily sag when used for carrying workmens tools, and which is so reinforced that it will not readily become worn or torn by said tools.

With the above and other objects in view this invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of parts and use an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:-

Figure 1 shows a fragmentary elevational View of a garment showing the pocket therein.

Figure 2 shows a rear vie'w of said garment.

Figure 3 shows an enlarged vertical sectional view and Figure 4 shows a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4--4 of Figure 1.

In the drawing the numeral 1 designates a garment such as overalls having the improved type of pockets. The numeral 2 designates the pocket proper, which may be formed of suitable, relatively thin, fabric.

The material of the garment is slitted, as at 3, to form the mouth of the pocket, and the margins of the slitted portions are turned, or folded, inwardly, as at 4 and 5. There is a reinforcing strip across the lower portion of said mouth which is folded on itself providing the transverse lip 6 extending entirely across the pocket. The outer ply of said lip and the inwardly turned margin 4 of the garment are sewed together forming the seam '7. The pocket 2 is sacklike nV and the upper margin of its outer side is tted to the outer side of the pocket 2, and to the outer Serial No. 544,170

ply of said lip as well as to the material of the garment, by the seam 9. This outer ply of the lip 6 is extended downwardly between the material of the garment and the upper portion of the outer side of the pocket 2.

The material of the inner side of the pocket is extended upwardly, as at 1i, preferably to the waist band 12 and is sewed, with said waist band, to the material of the garment.

There is a guard strip 13 across opposite the 65 mouth of the pocket. This strip extends entirely across the pocket and its upper margin lies between the upwardly extended portion 11 and the material of the garment and is secured thereto by the cross seams 14, 15 both of which are 70 through the material of the garment, the guard strip and the extended portion 11 and the latter of which also passes through the over-turned margin 5.

The lower margin of the guard extends beneath the mouth of the pocket and is overturned forming the fold 16 and a seam 17 secures said folded portion 16 to the material of the garment.

The outer and inner sides, or plies, of the pocket material have their margins 18 folded over, as 80 shown in Figure 4 and stitched together, by the outer and inner seams 19, 20, forming a welt around the margins of the pocket.

A very strong pocket structure is thus provided which will not, with normal use, sag, tear, 35 or Wear out.

The drawing and description discloses what is now considered to be a preferred form of the invention by way 'of illustration only, while the broad principle of the invention will be dened by the appended claims. l

What we claim isz- 1. A pocket adapted to be attached to a garment having a slit therein and comprising a sack having a mouth, a reinforcing strip across the mouth oi' the pocket which is folded over forming a lip, the upper margin of the outer side of said sack being extended between the plies of said lip to the fold thereof, and being stitched to the lip, the lower margin of the inner ply of said lip being folded over and secured to said outer side of the pocket and the outer ply of the lip being extended beneath the inner ply thereof and the lower margin of said outer ply being stitched both to the material of the garment and to the outer side of the sack, the material of the inner side of the pocket being extended upwardly above the mouth of said pocket and a guard strip extending entirely across the pocket opposite the mouth of the pocket, said guard strip being secured to the material of the gin of the inner ply of the lip and being secured inner side of said pocket.

2. A pocket adapted to be attached to a garment having a slit therein and comprising a sack having a mouth, a reinforcing strip across the mouth of the pocket which is folded over forming a two-ply lip, the upper margin of the outer side of the sack being extended between the plies of the lip to the fold thereof and being secured between said plies, the lower margin of the inner ply of the lip being secured to the outer side of the pocket and the lower margin of the outer ply of the lip being extended beneath the lower marto the outer side of the pocket and to the material of the garment, and the intermediate portion of the outer ply of said lip being secured to the garment material at the lower margin of said slit, the material of the inner side of the pocket being extended upwardly above the mouth of the pocket and a guard strip extending entirely across the pocket opposite the mouth of the pocket and being secured to the material of the inner side of said pocket.

`SAMUEL Il MILLER MARTIN BORISKI;

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